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Upgrading from ESXi 5.x to ESXi 5.1.0 - Pink screen!!

I upgraded my esxi 5.0 host to the latest version of 5.1.0. I used the custom image from HP as my server is proliant. I followed the instructon in this article. http://aravindsivaraman.wordpress.com/2012/09/18/upgrading-esxi-5-0-to-esxi-5-1/

everything was fine. but I notied when I tried to run more vms it crashed with pink screen! I never seen this before with esxi 5.0 (it's also the HP image) is it a known issue?

Please click the link for the crash photo:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/drbffdgih7ccty6/photo.JPG
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Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

is you server verified on the HCL for ESXi 5.1?

have you checked your memory? - reseated in server.

tested with memtest86?
http://www.memtest.org/

Most PSOD (pink screen's of death) are associated with

1. bad hardware
2. bad memory
3. incompatible network controller
4. incompatble storage controller
5. incompatble drivers!

okamon

ASKER

my is HP PROLIANT ML350T G6 XEON E5620 it's compatible. I haven't touched any hardware and no change since day 1. As I mentioned, I never had this issue with 5.0. it happened right after upgrade.

Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

have you always used the same memory requirements before and after upgrade, we have seen issues, when more VMs and memory is used at the top end crashes due to bad memory.

a few options

1. reinstall ESXi 5.1 fresh virgin install, no upgrade
2. contact HP support
3. test hardware

okamon

ASKER

I did add more memory, but it was an year ago and never had issue with 5.0. I will run memory test and update. but I guess most likely it's not the issue, in hardware status it also shows the memory healthy.

Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

see options posted

okamon

ASKER

no errors found with the memory

https://www.dropbox.com/s/e4d3bkql8fcqawg/IMG_0693.JPG